Sponsored Events / Guest Speakers |

2023-2024 Committee on Sponsored Events

Martha Alexander
Carmen Hsu (chair)
Pedro Lopes de Almeida
Alicia Rivero
Cécile Ruel
Martín Sueldo

Please note: Funding priority will be given to events with wider interest, bigger impact, cross-campus and/or interdisciplinary collaboration; for example, a speaker that can attract faculty and students from diverse language units or other departments. All events should be free and open to the public.

Requests from Graduate students must include support from a faculty member (PhD advisor, or Graduate Language advisor).

Other Funding Sources

Before receiving resources from our departmental funds, you must first:

Consider other relevant sources. Depending on the guest speaker or topic of the event, the following may contribute to your endeavor:
We also urge you to make use of the service provided by the Center for Teaching Excellence, where you can find additional, potential funding sources.

Please Note:
When inviting a guest speaker, or setting up an event, please read through “Bringing a Guest Speaker to Campus“.

ROMS Funding Events Speakers Form

Your Name
First Last
Your Email*
Name of the Speaker/Event*
Speaker's Affiliation
Speaker's Bio/Publications
Please include a brief biography and any recent publications that are important to know about the speaker (Do not exceed 100 words).
Title of the Talk
How will this event contribute to ROMS’ and UNC-CH’s mission on Diversity and Inclusion?*
(Do not exceed 100 words).
Proposed Event Date
If more than one day, please indicate in "Notes"
MM slash DD slash YYYY
Proposed Budget*
Please describe your proposed budget for Transportation, Lodging, Facilities Rental, Food/Meals, Honorarium, and any other expenses you anticipate for this event.
How much are you requesting from ROMS?*
Additional Funding*
What other units have you asked, or are you planning to ask to support this initiative? Please indicate if they committed any funding, and the amount.
Notes
(if any)